Definition of dilate

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Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

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Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Having the margin wide and spreading.
Dilation :: Dilation (n.) The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation..
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. t.) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind..
Dilate :: Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
Pouter :: Pouter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast.
Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..
Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..
Dilator :: Dilator (n.) A muscle that dilates any part.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. i.) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.
Ampulliform :: Ampulliform (a.) Flask-shaped; dilated.
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Angioma :: Angioma (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Stromeyerite :: Strombus (n.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch..
Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.
Dilater :: Dilater (n.) One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges..
Infundibulum :: Infundibulum (n.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes..
Navus :: Navus (n.) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries..
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